http://jeffhanson.com The Mythical Spam Lunch Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:12:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In his post, Michael Hiatt defines the basics of mashups, linked data, and the semantic web in very understandable terms. He also explains some of the challenges and projections for these concepts. I particularly like his example of a simple enterprise mashup: "One simple example of a mashup is an aggregated ... http://jeffhanson.com/mashups/mashstream-defines-the-basics-for-mashups-linked-data-and-semantic-web/ The basics and importance of mashups are explained in quite a playful, but understandable manner by IBM on the IBM Mashup Center Wiki. Check out the video below from this site: http://jeffhanson.com/mashups/the-importance-of-mashups/ The Windows desktop is as some say, "the ocean in which we swim." The Mac desktop is small, but very elegant. The Linux desktop is a whole new thrill for those of us who don't mind tweaking a few lower-level configurations. Where is the common ground among these strikingly different ... http://jeffhanson.com/adobe-air/adobe-air-and-the-desktop/ I read an interesting article today on the Wall Street Journal web site. It discussed the merits (or lack of merits) of popularity rankings, specifically as they relate to online news articles. One statement from the article seemed to me to describe the changes taking place right now concerning lifestreaming and/or ... http://jeffhanson.com/general/self-reinforcing-snowballs-of-popularity/ I am proud to announce the launch of my new book, “Mashups: Strategies for the Modern Enterprise.” It is shipping in print and digital form at: http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780321591869. It will be available on amazon.com on May 15, 2009. The book was a very interesting project that opened my eyes to the vast number of ... http://jeffhanson.com/general/mashups-strategies-for-the-modern-enterprise/ If history proves to offer a glimpse of the future, perhaps we might find that event-driven programming is soon to revolutionize web-based computing. Consider history. In the not so distant past, a command-line-interface using procedural programming was the environment for most user-oriented software. Note the following illustration: This implied that user interactions ... http://jeffhanson.com/general/event-driven-revolution/ Jerry Kramer is claimed to have said, “that if he ever had to go on the lam from the law, he’d become an offensive lineman.” Such is the unfortunate plight for the poor souls who wallow in mud and anonymity each game as they slug it out to open holes ... http://jeffhanson.com/general/middleware-and-offensive-lineman/